LaCie has added the super fast speed of to its 2.5-inch portable hard drive design. The company says the Rugged USB 3.0 is one of its most power-efficient and fastest mobile hard drives, providing speeds up to 110MB/s – three times the speed of USB 2.0 – which translates to the transfer of a HD movie in less than three minutes.

StarTech has announced the launch of its latest Standalone Portable Hard Drive Duplicator – a multi-purpose data storage solution that enables users to make exact duplicates of their SATA hard drives without the use of a PC. For those times when you don’t need to copy hard drives, it works as a connector for people to connect bare SATA drives to a desktop or laptop computer through eSATA or USB.

The Transcend StoreJet M25H3 is a 1.5TB portable hard drive which offers shock-resistance and transfer speeds of up to 5Gb/s when using USB 3.0. It also has USB 2.0 compatibility and comes with the Transcend Elite data management software. It is available for around £105.

The Transcend StoreJet M25H3 is a rugged portable hard drive which looks stylish and can transfer data at high speeds via USB 3.0. We weren't able to achieve the 5Gb/s as suggested on the list of features but it is 3x quicker than USB 2.0. Thanks to the supplied software and OTB button, it's extremely easy to use the drive to backup all your important data.

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Cloud storage is an increasingly popular convenience for storing your important digital files away from your computer. But portable external hard drives are significantly more cost-effective, and they are a reliable alternative to storing your data in the cloud. Portable external hard drives also allow you to take your backed-up data with you, giving you instant access anywhere you are without relying on an internet connection to access the cloud.

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The offsite recommendation can be handled well by cloud storage. However, this only covers you for one of the necessary three methods of storage. In order to keep your digital data truly safe, it’s important to look beyond the cloud at other methods of storage. A portable external hard drive for your PC is a solution that can meet your security demands.

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are a slightly different animal from portable external hard drives. For one, there’s the issue of portability. Desktop external hard drives are not portable, and are meant to be kept in a single location where they can stay plugged in to an electricity source. They’re also known for having greater longevity than portable external hard drives.

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Great for On-the-Go UseIdeally, compact portable hard drives can travel with you. Many come in fashionably-thin styles and often have a rugged casing that can withstand accidental drops. Slip a USB portable hard drive into your laptop case or even your pocket—they are THAT small.